DEN101 - Quiz Week 1

Question 1

The study of the shape and form of the teeth is:

Answer 1

tooth morphology

Question 2

How many teeth are found in each arch in the primary/deciduous dentition?

Answer 2

10

Question 3

The tooth that contains the cusp of Carabelli is the:

Answer 3

maxillary (first) molar

Question 4

Which premolar has two roots?

Answer 4

maxillary first premolar

Question 5

Which teeth are often called the anterior “cornerstones” of the mouth?

Answer 5

canines (or cuspid tooth)

Question 6

Tooth #15 is a:

Answer 6

maxillary second molar

Question 7

Which tooth has the longest root in the maxillary arch?

Answer 7

canine

Question 8

A child’s first tooth usually erupts at about the age of:

Answer 8

6 months

Question 9

The period of mixed dentition is about ________ years of age.

Answer 9

6-12

Question 10

All primary teeth are usually fully erupted by the age of:

Answer 10

3 years

Question 11

Usually by age _____, all primary teeth have exfoliated.

Answer 11

12 years old

Question 12

The first permanent tooth usually erupts at age ________.

Answer 12

6 years.

Question 13

Which permanent teeth are not succeedaneous?

Answer 13

molars

Question 14

The first permanent teeth to erupt are the __________________________.

Answer 14

mandibular first molars

Question 15

Which tooth surface is located on the tongue side?

Answer 15

lingual

Question 16

All teeth have how many surfaces?

Answer 16

5

Question 17

The tooth surface that is on the cheek side of the posterior teeth is the _________ surface.

Answer 17

buccal

Question 18

If a tooth has two roots, it is considered _____________.

Answer 18

bifurcated (bi = 2)

Question 19

The convex area on the lingual surfaces of the anterior teeth is the ___________.

Answer 19

cingulum

Question 20

The shallow depressions found on tooth surfaces are the ________.

Answer 20

fossae (where grooves meet)

Question 21

Raised, scalloped areas on the incisal edges of newly erupted central incisors are the __________.

Answer 21

mamelons

Question 22

The elevated area of enamel that forms the mesial and distal borders of an anterior tooth is the _________ ridge.

Answer 22

marginal

Question 23

The union of two triangular ridges that produces one ridge across the occlusal surface is the ________ ridge.

Answer 23

transverse

Question 24

Which tooth appears to have four equally sized cusps?

Answer 24

mandibular second molar

Question 25

What angle is an example of a line angle?

Answer 25

distofacial angle

Question 26

On the tooth, the _______ refers to where the proximal sides of two teeth come together and touch.

Answer 26

contact

Question 27

The anterior teeth are from ________ to _________.

Answer 27

canine to canine

Question 28

Place the teeth in the correct order from the midline:

1. Lateral incisors
2. Molars
3. Central incisors
4. Canines
5. Premolars

Answer 28

3. Central incisors, 1. Lateral incisors, 4. Canines, 5. Premolars, 2. Molars

or

3, 1, 4, 5, 2